CP(1)                                SysV                                CP(1)



NAME
     cp - copy files

SYNOPSIS
     cp [ -CcfiopPsv ] file1 file2

     cp [ -CcfiopPrsv ] file ... directory

DESCRIPTION
     cp copies file1 onto file2.  By default, cp preserves the mode and owner
     of file2 if file2 already exists; otherwise it uses the mode of the
     source file modified by the current umask (1)  is used.

     In the second form, one or more files are copied into the directory with
     their original filenames.

     cp will not copy a file onto itself.

OPTIONS
     -i        Prompt the user with the filename whenever the copy will cause
               an old file to be overwritten. An answer of 'y' causes cp to
               continue. Any other answer prevents it from overwriting the
               file.

     -p        Attempt to preserve (duplicate) in copies the modification
               times and modes of the source files, ignoring the present
               umask.

     -r        The behavior of the -r option is dependent upon the existence
               of the directories named in the cp command.

               If the destination directory exists at the time of execution,
               cp will create a new directory beneath the destination
               directory using the name of the source directory.  The contents
               of the source directory will then be copied into this new
               directory.
               If the destination directory does not exist at the time of
               execution, cp will create the directory with the destination
               name, and copy the contents of the source directory there.

Domain/OS SysV OPTIONS
     -C        Change the names of any existing files which would have been
               overwritten. The current date is appended to the filename, in
               the format @mm.dd[.n]. If this name already exists, an
               additional number is appended. If you specify the -C option,
               the files copied in will not adopt the mode and owner of the
               existing files.

     -c        Change the names of any existing files which would have been
               overwritten. The current date is appended to the filename, in
               the format .mm.dd[.n]. If this name already exists, an
               additional number is appended. If you specify the -c option,
               the files copied in do not adopt the mode and owner of the
               existing files.

     -f        Force locked files to be overwritten, and mark the overwritten
               files to be deleted when they become unlocked.  If you specify
               the -f option, the files copied in do not adopt the mode and
               owner of the existing files.

     -o        Copy each file as a typed object, without attempting to open a

               stream to the file.  This is useful in cases where opening a
               stream would succeed, but not yield the entirety of the
               underlying object.

     -s        Treat symbolic links as files to be copied, rather than copying
               the destination of the link.  This is especially useful when
               the -r option is used to copy an entire directory tree that may
               contain links to other file systems.

     -v        Print the name of each file copied, on the standard output
               (verbose).

     -P        Attempt to preserve any extended access control list (ACL) on
               the source files, ignoring both the present umask and the
               destination ACL.

SEE ALSO
     cat(1), cpacl(1), mv(1), rcp(1C), acl(5)